Raffy Grullon You Cant Taste The blood
Dear chocolate craver,
Do you know what abusive things need to be done to give you
a delicious bar of chocolate? Several children have to be used as slaves and
are exposed to many different things, such as machetes (Long knives),
pesticides, etc.
The
children who have to be used as slaves give up a lot to give you a delicious
chocolate bar you
hold so dearly to your heart. According to “Bitter Chocolate” children are
abused in all ways. For example, the children are abused verbally, physically,
and sexually. They also have restricted movement which means there is only a
limited amount of space they can move around.
According
to the article “Bitter Chocolate”USNEWSWIRE the predominant location to traffic and
migrant cocoa workers is the Ivory Coast or cote d”ivore. It is also where the
majority of chocolate comes from and it is also where most of the children are kept as slaves and
abused.
As shown in the documentary “The Dark Side of
Chocolate” the children are miserable and have to use machetes which they
usually accidentally cut themselves with. They are also exposed to pesticides
as mentioned before which are hazardous to be around and which can lead them to
be poisoned and often die.
Some
actions that can be taken to protest against these unfair acts is by not buying
chocolate from Hershey and other big chocolate companies and buy fair trade
chocolate, which is certified chocolate that was not made by children. Another
thing we can do to protest is that we Support reverse trick or treat on Halloween
which means that we trick or treat for chocolate and candy and hand out fair
trade chocolate to spread the word that there is still child slavery in this world.
We should do this so that big chocolate companies like Hershey, Snickers,
Musketeers, etc. change their practices.
Before
you go out to buy a snicker or Hershey bar remember you cant taste the blood
but it is always in the chocolate.
Cancer.
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Not Suspended Antonio